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I think sockless is nice, acceptable at any rate, in cool summer evenings say on the Amlafi coast with jeans and Superga tennis shoes or casual mocassins. However, in the city, or at ny time when the temperature is above 20 deg. celsius, sockless just plain SOCKS – as do sandals (and those nasty flip flops)wqw on men in the city.

First of all, those are beautiful shoes! I often wear shoes without socks and put those lambswool liners in – a friend of mine gets them in Germany, but nicer shoe repair shops carry them sometimes. That way your feet don’t sweat on the shoe itself and they’re nice in cooler weather.

I prefer to go sockless as much as possible, but it can be rough when the temperature rises. I’m thinking about going with the socks that barely cover the bottom of the feet to get as close to sockless as possible in the summer.

I’m not sure about going sockless in the summer either. I tried wearing sandals/flip-flops once last summer and ended up with a piece of broken glass slicing my toe open in the East Village. Never again!!

Hmm, I have a bit of a problem with this sockless thing. Why do it at all – just because the magazines push it? There are good practical reasons for socks – to keep feet cool and to protect shoes from sweat. Also esthetic reasons – to add colour, to cover up pale (or whatever) ankles…

I don’t have sweaty feet but if I went sockless I’m sure that would change. And won’t the sweat ruin the shoes? OK, these aren’t esthetic arguments, just highly practical ones. I think practicality takes priority in this case…Curious to see what other posters think…

Nothing to do with the post — but there is a flier posted at Vassar College with a recent photo of you, with the title: The Sartorialist Wants You. Apparently, students at Vassar are starting a fashion and style magazine (which is stupifying, as there is no style in Poughkeepsie), but I had a brief flight of fancy that YOU would be snapping pics around campus today. Alas, I was wrong.

Hey Sart, where can we find those “sockless” socks that women wear in the summer but that never seem to come in men’s sizes? I once tried to trim a pair of old socks down but that did not go over so well. Maybe we can buy a large size women’s sock. It would make our feet much more comfortable.

LOVE that look. I live in Texas and do sockless a lot…just go out and buy those “no socks” bascially looks like a white cotton chinese slipper…doesn’t show at all, whether you are wearing captoes, Tods drivers or Margiela tennis shoes…

As a possible solution to your ‘summer’ predicament, Scott; I just bought a pair of Stefano Branchini wingtips at Bergdorfs, which are beautiful, very lightweight and have discreet little holes along the sides of the shoe. Result; they breathe! They have an excellent shape and handsome brown ‘fade’ tanning. Not inexpensive though…

I use those super-low athletic socks when I want to look ‘sockless’, as I tend to walk a lot and need the barrier against shoe leather. These can’t be seen on any shoe more enveloping than sandals. Any good athletic supply store or tennis shoe emporium should carry them. I even wear them with my Varvatos Converse, as rubber soles seem to exacerbate perspiration.

Sockless is fine as long as feet do not sweat. I wear sandals in the city – I got a Camber pair, very stylish and elegant and minimal. I love elegant sandals on men in the city as long as feet are groomed. If it is too hot, with shoes, I wear the low socks thad do not show outside the shoe – but these are good only with sporty-styled shoes. The classic leather shoe to me is best worn with a sock.

He is the male version of women wearing woolly scarves up top and bare legs and open-toed sandals. (Mind you, he does look good.) I don’t like season confusion. Reminds me of the women in Bondi who parade around in the middle of Sydney winter (not that it compares to a real winter in the northern hemisphere) in scarves with bare legs and flip flops. Looks ridiculous!

I like sockless for certain outfits – sockless emphasises the ankle.

Women have the option of sockettes (spelling?). They’re not very attractive, but they are unseen and do the job for going sockless and stop your feet from sticking/swelling and all of the above. Is there a male version?

I also never wear socks during late Spring and early Fall, usually Easter to mid September.

I do, however, always wear the “no-show” socks with my better shoes. You can get them at Banana Republic, in stores and on-line. They’re $8.50 each.

Wearing them controls all of the potential problems discussed here, while giving you the look.

As for all the comments about it being “nasty” and “stinky”, how many of you make a practice of sniffing the feet of the men that pass you on the street? I have no idea why it works, sartorially speaking, but, on the right man, with the right outfit, such as in this picture, it does.

If we all want to take a sartorial stand against footwear, or lack thereof, let’s declare an end to the wearing flip-flops on city streets, especially while one is attempting to dress up. Last Summer, I even started seeing men wearing them with their suits for the commute, changing into their oxfords in the office.

how many of you make a practice of sniffing the feet of the men that pass you on the street?

It’s not that I’m worried about whether stranger-that-I-pass-on-the-street’s feet smell. I was asking the question as the owner of a pair of feet myself (that tend to feel better and sweat less when there’s some fabric between me and the leather), and the spouse of someone with a pair of feet.

The “sockless look” socks everyone is trying to name are called (or at least used to be called) peds. They are flesh colored, heavier than nylon stocking material and come just over the tops of the feet so they couldn’t be seen with a normal shoe. Peds…

Sockless makes complete sense if you can keep up with the maintenance – however, socks with an overcoat buttoned up tight . . . AND . . . a scarf seems to miss the point. Then again – live a little, right?

You are partially correct. Peds certainly exist, but there is a newer version in regular cotton, in black or white. There was already a post which mentioned them. They are sold by Banana Republic, and sized for men.

1. Sart, I thought you are posing in this foto. Are you?2. In my youth I had a sockless period, for about two years. It included wearing only sandals from June to September, and only booths in the remaining months. Sockless. 3. Now I love opaques and woollen socks and am very sensible and think of those sockless years with a smiling sigh.

If you wear little socks that don’t show, then you’re not really sockless, are you?

When I lived in Coconut Grove, FL, somehow sockless kind of worked. But in NYC? I don’t think so. But that’s me.

Anyway, to the truly sockless adherents, I recommend Johnson’s Baby Powder “Pure Cornstarch”. Sprinkle some on your feet and rub it in…it’ll keep your feet dry(er) and it makes more a soft, comfortable, barely discernable buffer between your toesies and the leather or canvas, etc.

This is what I always dreamed of! But, I think those who desire this “sockless”, you should realise if your biological&genetic genes allow you to so. If your sweat glands, especially in your foot, are uncontrolable, I would say “FOR GET IT”

I’ve always put being sockless down to be arty – nothing to do with what magazines do or don’t say. Ditto red or pink socks.

It’s just an interesting look. And tanned legs certainly aren’t necessary for the look either – pale is beautiful.It’s all about being brainwashed………..when actually the more ,the more damaged the skin is – I’d rather pale and healthy anyday

I’ve worn leather footwear without socks myself. I’ve develop the same issue with sweating at temperatures above 80F. On the first very hot/humid day. I had to stop into a corner drug store to purchase a pair of per style liners. Both male and female “non-sock” wearer’s were purchasing the socks at that same time.